One example of the type of ethical issues that cross Srinija Srinivasan's desk at Yahoo! is whether family members should have access to the e-mail of a deceased relative. From Yahoo's perspective, to release messages from a deceased user's e-mail…
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Choicepoint’s CISO Interview & “Social Hacking”
ChoicePoint's CISO, Richard Baich, is interviewed by SecuritySearch.com, where he makes his case that the ChoicePoint fiasco is not a security or hacking issue:This is not an information security issue. My biggest concern is the impact this has on the…
Srinija Srinivasan: Perception and Policy at Yahoo!
Srinija Srinivasan, Yahoo's editor-in-chief, presented at the latest Colloquium on Information Technology & Society hosted by the Information Law Institute at the New York University School of Law. Her talk was "Perception and Policy at Yahoo!" and discussed her role…
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NTY: Some Sympathy for Paris Hilton
Today's New York Times has an article on the recent rash of security breaches. Both the Paris Hilton and ChoicePoint incidents are discussed. The Times also quotes Daniel Solove, the author of "The Digital Person," which I discussed here.
Credit Reporting Agencies Blocking Referrals to Free Credit Report Website
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the three credit reporting agencies are blocking referral links to the Annual Credit Report website they created to conform to the new federal law giving consumers the right to an annual free credit report:Although…
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Google Auto-Link Function Raises Copyright/Trademark Discussion
[source: The Trademark Blog]The new Google toolbar adds links to content through a function named Auto-Link. For example, it is my understanding that if an address appears on a webpage, a program in Google's toolbar can create a link from…
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Summary of incidents cataloged at The Privacy Law Blog
David Fraser at The Privacy Law Blog has an excellent post today cataloging incidents over the past year related to inappropriate release of personal information. The list is frightening both for its length and for the realization that countless incidents…
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Is Momentum Building Against Database Aggregation of Personal Data?
Rob Hyndman reacts to the increasing number of reports of identity thefts and personal data disclosures by speculating whether Americans are now ready to do something about it:There has been an increasing number of media stories lately on this topic,…
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Bank Loses Tapes of Records of 1.2 Million Customers
The New York Times reports that Bank of America has lost computer backup tapes containing personal information about 1.2 million federal employees with Visa charge cards issued by the bank.
No Encryption for E-Passports
Serious privacy concerns have emerged from the government's decision not to include encryption in the next generation of electronic passports. Wired News reports:Despite widespread criticism from security experts that a proposed high-tech upgrade to Americans' passports actually introduces new security…
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